Appointed to develop a 3D model for a brownfield expansion project of a storage tank facility in Oklahoma, U.S., the team had to start routing the pipe from civil survey points to develop the 3D model, facing challenges such as the site had an uneven ground surface. With this project, they used CADworx that allowed them to create user shapes customized for the project, which was cheaper and easy to use.

By using CADWorx, Rishabh Engineering was able to deliver intelligent 3D model with GA, isometric drawings, bills of material, and other deliverables which reduced the overall cost of the project. Team members learned quickly, and they increased accuracy while ensuring client satisfaction.

Rishabh Engineering received the 2017 CADWorx Drivers of Success Runner-up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

Selected to re-design the failing supporting system for the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre project, DC PRO used CAESAR II for the modifications needed to be designed within the original supporting system while rectifying the failing supports. They also verified the other existing supports after modifications to ensure no further failures would occur once in operation.

Using CAESAR II, they were able to save the client significant expenses compared to having to change the entire support system. They completed the project with minimal delay from schedule.

DC PRO received the 2017 CAESAR II Drivers of Success Runner-up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

September 07, 2018

Intermountain Consumer Professional Engineers (ICPE), a U.S. company providing mechanical, electrical, civil, and structural engineering and design services, needed to design a facility in Vancouver, Washington to deliver crude oil to U.S. refineries.

With strict environmental and energy regulations, the project faced a long approval process involving extensive reviews and revisions. ICPE needed to ramp-up quickly so they decided to use CADWorx on BricsCAD platform. By doing so, they had to develop material take-offs for estimates and evaluate alternative site layouts to deliver material savings and balance costs with efficient operations.

Using CADWorx, ICPE improved internal processes without increasing staff. The team was able to eliminate incorrect and inconsistent data between pipe specifications and 3D models and help save an estimated of 960 man-hours.

ICPE received the 2017 CADWorx Drivers of Success Runner-up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

August 15, 2018

Zhejiang Titan Design & Engineering Co., LTD., a company providing engineering, procurement, and construction services for a wide range of industries, was chosen by Xiamen Omic Bio-science Co. Ltd for the engineering design of its Natural Functions Chemistry project.

Facing the challenges in a two-dimensional drawing, Zhejiang Titan used CADWorx and its 3D modeling capabilities to interface with engineering analysis through each phase of the design. By using CADWorx, the engineers were able to complete the piping design and issued drawings within nine months, a month ahead of schedule. The team saved 300 man-hours and reduced the costs by 5 million RMB.

Zhejiang Titan Design & Engineering received the 2017 CADWorx Drivers of Success Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

LR was able to highlight some of the major non-compliance issues to the client, which their team greatly appreciated. Non-compliance issues included failure of nozzles in local load criterion and over-stress in leg support.

With software from Hexagon PPM, Lloyd's Register could easily deal with design changes even with a quick turnaround. It was simple to perform multiple opening checks on the large quantity of nozzles on the equipment. The team could accurately evaluate the flanges with external piping loads.

March 01, 2018

On Line Design & Engineering Ltd., a UK company providing engineering expertise to the piping and process industry, needed to maintain piping system operations within a major oil refinery after fitness for service measurements revealed potential problems.

During an inspection phase, a nozzle connection to a critical item of equipment (shell and tube heat exchanger) was found to be corroded. The plant owners were concerned that the remaining thickness to safely retain the fluid during operation was non-compliant with the site schedules and safety standards.

The EPC implemented CAESAR II for qualification of piping systems in accordance with appropriate design codes to ensure compliance with site and industry standards. NozzlePRO supplemented the solution by carrying out local finite element analysis on pipe components, included on the pipe checks.

Using CAESAR II and NozzlePRO, On Line Design & Engineering found that the piping system in question was safe since the loads produced on the equipment nozzle using the more refined and accurate model were lower than the owner operator originally believed. The analysis showed that the nozzle connection was still compliant with site and industry standards, enabling the owner operator to avoid an unnecessary nozzle exchange and an unproductive and lengthy shutdown of the system.

February 13, 2018

Mahler AGS, a global leader in designing and manufacturing hydrogen generation plants, built a new hydrogen generation plant in record time with CADWorx Plant Professional.

The EPC was asked to design and manufacture a modular hydrogen plant for a leading global company in the palm oil business. As part of the modular design principle, Mahler pre-assembled and delivered the plant as prefabricated units.

Mahler AGS was looking to replace its existing design software (X-Plant) that also included a modern 3D planning solution. The new system needed to be compatible with the previous AutoCAD-based software, was easy-to-use, and was fast to implement so it could minimize project downtime and delay. CADWorx Plant Professional was chosen due to its AutoCAD-based structure, scalability, and suitability for the project scope.

February 06, 2018

Nortech was selected to engineer and design a new plant for Jersey Gas company, a liquefied petro gas importer owned by International Energy Group.The new plant was required to operate on demand and cover seasonal differences in energy demand, allowing the existing gas holder to be withdrawn out of service and the associated land to be sold for further development.

Nortech chose CADWorx Plant Professional and Autodesk Navisworks for their familiarity and AutoCAD-based 3D design capabilities. The 3D design began with the creation of piping specifications along with existing, modified, and new piping catalogs. The piping modeling commenced after the creation of the specifications.

CADWorx Plant Professional was also used for the structural, civil, and mechanical design. After this, all the isometric drawings were produced with Isogen, enabling automated isometric creation tailored to Nortech’s needs. Piping support details and generic 3D design were also created. Plus, the 3D design was transferred into a fully dimensional 2D format for fabrication purposes.

January 30, 2018

Ludan Engineering was involved in a basic engineering project of a new waste water treatment plant in Russia. Multiple advisory and design teams from around the world participated in the project, while Ludan Engineering was responsible for integrity of the final deliverables to the client.

The project had a very tight schedule, and the time between receiving the information from partners to the delivery of final documents to the client was extremely short. This required the use of very powerful design tools with high customization flexibility to incorporate the client format requirements.

CADWorx P&ID Professional allowed Ludan to work “smart” at any design stage. The interface made it possible to define equipment items in block diagram and then use these definitions later during the PFD and P&ID design stages. It’s also possible to define the equipment in the database before the drawing creation and then later during drawing creation process using this available database data.

The drawing creation process automatically generates the project database behind the drawing elements. In other words, it’s possible to use CADWorx P&ID as ordinary AutoCAD as well as the universal drawing creation tool.

January 25, 2018

SAFE, a key player in the Italian oil and gas industry with its proprietary design and production of compressors, chose CAESAR II to fix the fatigue failures of main piping and small-bore attachments, as well as the piping supports degradation in its compression skids. This is due to high vibration levels caused by pulsation-induced forces.

SAFE selected CAESAR II to perform mechanical response analysis according to the API 618 standard to avoid these challenges. CAESAR II was chosen due to its modal and harmonic analysis, and it has proven to be an efficient tool to evaluate the mechanical natural frequencies of the system (MNFs) as well as the vibration and cyclic stress levels caused by dynamic forces induced by pulsation.

January 18, 2018

The January issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering features the article "Take It Up A Notch." Michael Smith and Jana Miller from Hexagon PPM discuss how ancillary design software can assist EPC contractors in both brownfield and greenfield projects.

Satisfaction with your current situation can be a dangerous state. True leaders are always seeking ways to take it up a notch. Gaining a competitive edge in today’s economy is key for engineering companies to achieve success.

Rishabh Engineering has increased its workflow efficiency by taking advantage of advanced plant design and pipe stress analysis technology for brownfield projects. The company uses Hexagon PPM's software solutions to assist with a variety of ancillary design services.

Vepica is another EPC that has addressed simultaneous engineering and fabrication challenges. It was able to complete a fractionation plant 15 percent faster using design software from Hexagon PPM.

Refinery piping stress analysis project

Rishabh Engineering was contracted by an EPC client to execute piping stress analysis of 100 systems (approximately 750 lines) of various units at a large refinery in Louisiana, US. Rishabh was appointed to perform piping stress analysis for 100 systems (approximately 750 lines) of various units. The project involved a total of 4,000 man-hours.

This project received the 2017 CAESAR II Drivers of Success Runner-Up Award.

Fractionation project

Basic Equipment Inc. selected Vepica to design the fractionation facility of a 25,000 BPD Atmospheric Distillation Unit (ADU) in Houston, Texas, US, for processing Crude A (API 38.2°) or Crude B (API 45.8°) in single crude streams or a combination of these two feed stocks. Effective communication among Vepica's design teams was paramount to ensure they used the same design procedures to deliver quality results.

“Without CADWorx, costly clashes and interferences were common as were dimensioning and format errors for piping isometrics,” explained Jesus Espiga, piping engineer at Vepica.

January 16, 2018

Southern Nuclear Operating Company in Alabama (USA) is overseeing the licensing and construction of two new nuclear units at the Plant Vogtle site near Augusta, Georgia. The US$2 billion Vogtle 3 and 4 units are among the first new nuclear plants built in America in more than 30 years.

Engineers used GT STRUDL to create models for portions of the cable tray infrastructure system and link individual supports using cable tray attributes, which enabled engineers to create structural systems for multiple tray supports.

“With GT STRUDL, we saved $1 million in manpower expenses and an overall $3 million in time and resources, performing the evaluation in less than 23 days,” said Parimal Gandhi, lead engineer on the project.

The largest indirect coal liquefaction construction project in the world, it covers about 728.75 hectares (2.8 square miles) and required an investment of US$10 billion.

CAESAR II was used to design 13,450 process pipelines and 2,400 pieces of equipment. With CAESAR II, the team produced isometric drawings, performed static and dynamic analyses, analyzed stresses on all pipe and related components, and produced the required deliverables with efficiency, quality, and accuracy.

China HQC received the 2016 CAESAR II Drivers of Success Award for its use of the software.

January 07, 2018

The December 2017 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering features the article "The Bigger Picture." Michael Smith and Jana Miller from Hexagon PPM share the benefits of using 3D modeling and analysis software in downstream plant applications.

The article features a CAESAR II success story of Rishabh Engineering performing stress analysis on a vacuum heater, large crude heater and splitter boiler for a refinery in Billings, Montana, USA. Rishabh was appointed to perform piping stress analysis for eight heaters of various units. The project involved a total of 2,800 man-hours. The scope was to provide pipe stress analysis of all stress-critical lines connected to the following heaters:

Vacuum heater

Large crude heater

Splitter boiler

Propane regeneration unit

Ethane regeneration heater

FCCU superheater

A variety of deliverables were produced, including:

Piping stress reports

Assumptions, considerations and suggestions reports

Simplified report for support design (induced forces, moments and displacements at support locations in a simplified manner)

December 11, 2017

STI Engineering performed the multidisciplinary design for a waste-to-energy plant in Portugal. The renewable energy plant processes 40,000 tons of municipal solid waste per year, generating power for 20,000 residents. The new facility produces 24 million KWh per year of electricity from the 10 structures and 30 equipment and 300 piping lines.

CADWorx Plant Professional was selected as the primary 3D platform due to its ease of use and efficiency. The first step in project execution involved creating a 3D model of the plant. The complete model was created and completed in just four months. The second step, to avoid rework in the field, was the CADWorx interference check between all disciplines included in the multidisciplinary design.

Next, a database linked to CADWorx Plant Professional, containing all components present in the model and all of the client’s purchase order codes, was created so that bills of materials could be reported and submitted for procurement.

As another busy year draws to a close, we thank all our customers, partners and people for their outstanding contributions to our business, industry and the communities in which we operate. We look forward to further developing our ongoing relationships and growth in 2018!

It’s a good time to reflect on the past year and see the progress we have made together. From the releases of 2018 versions of CADWorx Plant, CADWorx Structure, CAESAR II® and TANK™ to the acquisition of DST Computer Services S.A and integration with BricsCAD®, we at CADWorx & Analysis Solutions have continued to work with the local users to find faster, better, and more productive ways of designing and engineering.

December 04, 2017

Air Liquide E&C was selected for the Godrej II project in Valia, Gujarat, India, involving two oleochemical production facilities. The project includes the fatty acid fractionation and distillation plant (Unit 105) with a capacity of 120 tons per day (TPD) and the glycerin distillation and bleaching plant (Unit 104) with a capacity of 35 TPD.

The Godrej II project posed significant challenges for the firm’s engineers, including a tight commissioning deadline of 12 to 14 months for the design and delivery of more than 58 pieces of complex equipment.

“This was also the first time our team had designed heat exchangers,” explained Arvind Raina, assistant lead for the New Delhi team at Air Liquide E&C.

To address the project challenges, Air Liquide E&C chose PV Elite because it incorporates the necessary design codes and has the automation tools needed to ensure optimum design in minimum time.

“With PV Elite, we saved a lot of man-hours and eliminated errors, avoiding costly rework,” Raina added, “and it would have been impossible to meet the tight design schedule and commissioning deadline without PV Elite.”

AWARD-WINNING PROJECTAir Liquide E&C received the 2016 PV Elite Drivers of Success Runner-Up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of CADWorx & Analysis Solutions products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

October 20, 2017

Proplant is a multi-service engineering company focusing on chemical, pharmaceutical, power, and mechanical industries. Together with a local partner, Gasinex Projekt Ltd., Proplant was contracted to redesign and re-construct the valve stand (heating and distribution system) of an existing extruder unit located in a petrochemical (plastic molding) facility.

The main project goal was to design the steam distribution and cooling water system. The system had to be improved so that the plant operator could quickly identify and control particular valves used to regulate the temperature of the various zones inside the extruder.

Proplant needed 100 percent accurate materials information for all new components to be included in the design and to be constructed and installed in the facility eventually. Four piping classes containing more than 3,000 components were quickly developed for the project using CADWorx Specification Editor.

Once specifications were available, a 3D model was created using CADWorx Plant Professional. Proplant redesigned all the pipelines to include new valves, existing relief valves, and condensate drain points, and in addition, all steel constructions and supports.

“CADWorx Plant Professional and CAESAR II are exactly what a company needs to improve project execution," said Vladimir Cebo, owner and project manager at Proplant. "The bi-directional links between the software enable easy sharing of data between different disciplines – we’ve improved efficiency by 100 percent since implementing CADWorx and CAESAR II.”

September 18, 2017

Basic Equipment Inc. selected Vepica to design the fractionation facility of a 25,000 BPD Atmospheric Distillation Unit (ADU) in Houston, Texas, US, for processing Crude A (API 38.2°) or Crude B (API 45.8°) in single crude streams or a combination of these two feed stocks.

The facility includes 87 pieces of equipment and 28,500 feet of pipe ranging from 3/4 inch to 24 inches in diameter. The structural steel totaled 737,400 lbs.

Vepica used CADWorx to maintain quality control, reduce human error, and achieve faster processing times for reports, drawings, and other client deliverables. The client took advantage of the 3D model for reviews during the fabrication phase of the project.

“With CADWorx, we completed the project in 15 percent less time than our initial estimate, and our client was highly satisfied with the quality it provided and began using us on other projects,” explained Jesus Espiga, piping engineer at Vepica.

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT

Vepica received the 2016 CADWorx Drivers of Success Runner-Up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

September 12, 2017

L&T-Chiyoda’s Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering Division (LTHED) was awarded a US$35 million project to design, manufacture, and supply the reactor-regenerator package for two residue fluid catalytic cracker units at the RAPID refinery project for PETRONAS in Malaysia.

The refinery project involved many complexities including tight deadlines and very high operating temperatures of 800 to 900 degrees Celsius, and pipe ranging from ½ inch to 82 inches in diameter. LTC also had to interpret two ASME piping codes simultaneously.

With CAESAR II, the group could determine material specifications and order early, saving significant time, and quickly check for clashes to decide pipe routing, expediting client approvals, all without a 3D model.

“CAESAR II made analysis extremely simple, time-saving, and cost-effective. It made the design safe and reliable, and without manual errors,” explained Pradeep Darji, lead pipe stress engineer and general manager at LTHED.

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT

LTC received the 2016 CAESAR II Drivers of Success Runner-Up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

September 05, 2017

The Sichuan Hebang hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas production project, located in in Leshan, Sichuan, China, has a capacity of 15,000 tons/year and covers 6,500 square meters with a cost of US$300 million (2 billion RMB).

“The project’s 3D model complexity and JGC's detail requirements were major challenges,” explained Miaoyan Jin, 3D administrator at Zhejiang Engineering Design Company, “Plus, many young engineers lacked experience using 3D design and had to learn it on the job.”

“Modeling totaled about 1,000 man-hours, a 20 percent reduction thanks to CADWorx and CAESAR II,” Jin added, “and man-hours will continue to decrease as staff members become more skilled.”

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT

ZEDC received the 2016 CADWorx Drivers of Success Runner-Up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

August 28, 2017

SOCAR Polymer, the first public-private partnership in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas sector, selected Tecnimont to provide EPC services for its facility in the Sumgayit Petrochemical Complex, Baku, Azerbaijan.

The facility’s two plants can produce 180,000 tons per year of polypropylene (PP) and 120 tons per year of high density polyethylene (HDPE). The contract, valued at €350 million (US$386 million), called for Tecnimont to provide complete engineering and construction through startup and testing of the polyethylene plant, including related utilities and off-site facilities. The project involved 150 pieces of equipment.

“With PV Elite, our engineers could analyze everything in a single software, which made things easier for everyone,” explained Arpita Shah, principal engineer at Tecnimont.

Tecnimont chose PV Elite for the column design and used it to model everything, including the internal as well as external parts. Best of all, PV Elite’s built-in tools for analysis and design and automation capabilities helped the team to eliminate errors and save significant man-hours.

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT

Tecnimont received the 2016 PV Elite Drivers of Success Runner-Up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

August 14, 2017

L&T-Valdel (LTV) was awarded a subcontract to design internal turrets for two offshore FPSO facilities. Each turret system includes a 28-meter diameter geo-stationary turntable and a turret access structure (TAS) that revolves around the turntable to enable weathervaning.

The facility has 14,000 meters of piping with diameters of 0.75 to 24 NPS and a thickness of up to 40 mm. The lift weight capacity is 3,300 metric tons for each turntable and 1,500 metric tons for each TAS. The project budget was for 120,000 man-hours. Facing these challenges, LTV chose CAESAR II.

LTV received the 2016 CAESAR II Drivers of Success Runner-Up Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Hexagon PPM products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.

August 04, 2017

Rishabh Engineering – which provides multi-disciplinary engineering services to the power, water, utility industries – partnered on the 105 MW Tarakhil Power Plant in Kabul, Afghanistan, to offer field engineering and an intelligent 3D model for the entire plant, including piping, equipment, civil and structural.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted with the Louis Berger Group/Black & Veatch Joint Venture to build the modern 105 MW Tarakhil Power Plant in Kabul, Afghanistan. It appointed Oilfield Supply Centre as the EPC with Rishabh to provide field engineering and an intelligent 3D model for the entire plant, including piping, equipment, civil and structural.

Covering almost one square mile, the project consists of 18 diesel engine generators of 5.8 MW each housed in three power blocks containing six generators. Each is capable of collectively producing 105 MW of electricity.

"CADWorx reduced the modeling man-hours by 30 percent, increasing overall productivity by 20 percent," said Arpit Gupta, Assistant Manager of Business Development at Rishabh.

AWARD-WINNING PROJECT

Rishabh received the 2016 CADWorx Drivers of Success Award for its use of the software. The annual Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of Intergraph products, impressive project results, and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and the integration of the products.